can anyone tell detail about the 3rd point
On 8/5/10, Kenneth Gonsalves <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 2010-08-05 at 07:31 +0530, balaji sivanath wrote: >> i want to install softwares which i have downloaded as >> zip,tar.gz,tar.bz formats, i came to know ./configure then make then >> install to be used to install those stuffs,but this is not working in >> all packages, how to install those packages then another question >> what's the difference between those formats > > 1. unpack them - unzip, tar -xvzf, bunzip2 etc > 2. read the file called README or the file called INSTALL. Mainly for C > packages it will be ./configure, make, make install. For python it would > be python setup.py install > 3. if you have easy_install on python you need not even download or > unpack the file - just use easy_install <packagename> > -- > regards > KG > http://lawgon.livejournal.com > > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
